THE WARRIOR:

I don’t know if you are like me, but the last few years have been challenging!  Obstacles and changes I never could have planned for.  When it looked the darkest, things turned out brighter for me but not necessarily the same for others.I had a great corporate job Monday through Friday and was a part time photographer doing headshots and portraits.  When covid shut the world down, life changed. I was laid off from my career and had to reinvent myself into something I never would have done without events outside of my control.  My wife and I decided we had enough of sitting in the house hiding from a virus, so we took off and traveled out west for an adventure.   With no plan, it was as if divine intervention took over and soon we found ourselves in the middle of a wild horse management area in Wyoming. I was at a point where I had no idea what my future held. I was watching this horse as he was walking toward me and I felt a special bond with him. You see he is an older stallion who, after years of fighting to stay in his herd, was finally kicked out of his herd.  His scars and eyes were too much for me to ignore.  I felt if he could live and survive out here in this inhospitable landscape - and actually thrive in it - so could I in my own environment. It was a source of strength and encouragement for me to watch one of God’s creations thriving on this land doing what God made him to do.  For this reason, I named this piece The Warrior.